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Links are organized in the following way:
I. Member Organizations
II. Technical Assistance providers
III. Associations of Co-ops
IV. Universities
V. Financial Instiutions
VI. Foundations
VII. Government Agencies
VIII. ESOP resources/associations
To look at an Excel file with a partial
list of the FWD-MN Resource Library click
here.
LINKS
Member
Organizations
EdVisions
501 Main Street
PO Box 518
Henderson, MN 56044
Phone: 507-248-3738
Fax: 507-248-3789
8
Point Productions
1302 2nd Ave NE #220
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612-598-6275
bob@eightpointproductions.com
Hard
Times Cafe
1821 Riverside Ave
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454-1034
The
Hub Bike Co-op
3026 Minnehaha AveMinneapolis, MN 55406
612-729-0437
AND
The
Hub Bike Co-op West Bank
301 Cedar Ave S.Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-238-3593
Matchbox
Cafe
1306 NE 2nd St Minneapolis
612-259-0069
North
Country Cooperative Grocery
1929 South 5th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454-1274
Tel: (612) 612-338-3110
Northland
Poster Collective1613 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407
1-800-627-3082
Seward
Cafe
2129
East Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-332-1011
Technical
Assistance organizations for worker co-ops in the U.S.
The
ICA Group - based in Boston, doing work with mostly larger
worker co-ops and ESOPs
Ownership
Associates - maintains information regarding worker-ownership
and ownership culture in their on-line resource library
Cooperative
Development Institute - Cooperative Development Institute,
works with worker cooperatives in the Northeast United States.
Associations of co-ops
in the U.S.
Split into sectors: All, Worker, Purchasing, Marketing, Financial,
and Other
All
NCBA -
National Cooperative Business Association. All sectors of cooperatives
- agriculture, housing, health care, etc.
Cooperative
Life - Northeastern Federation of Cooperatives - U.S.
Federation
of Southern Cooperatives - Members from Southeastern United
States
Associations - Worker
U.S.
Federation of Worker Cooperatives - The only national organization
of worker co-ops in the U.S.
Portland Alliance
of Worker Collectives (PAWC)
Network of Bay Area Worker
Cooperatives
Associations - Other
Association
of Cooperative Educators
Cooperative
Communicators Association
National
Society of Accountants for Cooperatives
North American
Students of Cooperation
Universities
University
of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives - information on all
sectors, very useful site
Ohio Center
for Employee Ownership - Working with both worker co-ops
and ESOPs.
Financial Institutions
National
Cooperative Bank
National Cooperative
Bank Development Corporation
Northcountry
Cooperative Development Fund
Cooperative
Fund of New England
Local
Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF)
Foundations
The
Cooperative Foundation
Cooperative Development
Foundation
Cooperative Housing
Foundation
Twin
Pines Cooperative Development Foundation
CHS
Foundation
Nationwide
Foundation
Ralph
K. Morris Foundation
Government Agencies
United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Rural development
ESOP resource pages
National
Center for Employee Ownership - source of research and referrals
for ESOPs.
American Capital Strategies,
Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) is a publicly traded buyout and mezzanine
fund with capital resources of approximately $7.7 billion.
STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Anyone interested in starting their
own worker coop should start with these invaluable references:
"Putting Democracy to Work" by Frank
T. Adams and Gary B. Hansen (1992) This is a step-by-step guide
that discusses the merits and disadvantages of ESOPs (Employee
Stock Ownership Plan) as well.
"Steps to Starting A Worker Coop" by
Gary B. Hansen, E. Kim Coontz, and Audrey Malan (1997) This
summarizes some of the information in the above book, adds additional
info and features short case studies.
"We Own It: Starting and Managing Co-ops,
Collectives and Employeee-Owned Ventures" by Honingsberg, Kamoroff,
and Beatty, CPA I have only read the first edition (1982), but
there is a subsequent (1991) one available. This is more technical
than the above & includes some discussion of state & federal
cooperative law as well as tax law pertaining to cooperatives.
Home pages and articles
about Cooperative Home Care Associates (probably the biggest
1 member, 1 vote worker coop in the country):
http://www.pbs.org/capital/stories/hca.html
http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc/info/i_pages/health.html
- Health Care Cooperatives, listed on the University of Wisconsin
web site
Coops 101 - An Introduction to Cooperatives
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir55/cir55rpt.htm
Books and Articles on ESOPs/Buyouts
http://dept.kent.edu/oeoc/Sum1999/OlmstedSum1999.html
Miscellany
http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc/info/dawson.html
(Article on Dawson Textile Coop)
http://dynamics.org/~altenber/PAPERS/BCLSFV/
( Leland Stanford's Cooperative History)
http://www.circlepinescenter.org
- Cooperative camp and retreat center in Delton, MI
Individual Worker Co-ops
in the United States
Grassroots
Economic Organizing Newsletter (GEO) - The only magazine
in the U.S. devoted to issues of worker co-ops and other grassroots
economic organizing. Collectively run.
Burley
Design Cooperative - designing and manufacturing of bicycles,
trailers, and accessories. Eugene, OR.
Union
Cab - cab company based in Madison, WI.
Isthmus
Engineering - Concept, design, build, and test custom automated
machines for manufacturing. Madison, WI
Rainbow
Grocery Cooperative - worker cooperative grocery with 200+
worker-owners. San Francisco, CA.
http://www.cliq.com
http://www.equalexchange.com
http://www.lakesidepress.org
http://www.alvaradostreetbakery.com
http://www.breitenbush.com
http://www.missinglink.org
http://www.belugasoftware.com
http://www.akpress.org
http://www.proarte.org
http://www.builderscommonwealth.com
http://www.ifbikes.com
http://www.chroma.com
http://www.bigtimberworks.com
http://www.newseattlemassage.com
International Cooperative
Organizations
http://www.copacgva.org/index.html
- COPAC, the United Nations committee for promotion of cooperatives
http://www.mondragon.mcc.es/
- Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, the largest worker cooperative
in the world, employing over 70,000 workers, and among the top
7 companies in Spain.
Cooperatives
Secretariat - Canada
British
Columbia Institute for Cooperative Studies - information
on all sectors of cooperatives
Centre
for the Study of Co-operatives University of Saskatchewan
Canadian
Worker Cooperative Federation
CICOPA
- Worker cooperative arm of the International Cooperative Alliance
(above)
CECOP
- European Confederation of Workers’ Co-operatives, Social
Cooperatives and Participative Enterprises. If you select a
language preference you'll be brought to the site.
Canadian
Cooperative Association - All sectors of cooperatives in
Canada
International
Cooperative Alliance - All sectors of cooperatives internationally
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